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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bothers Ransom about describing earth to the hross?
(a)
(b)
(c) Comparing the violence and warfare of earth to this peaceful planet
(d)

2. What is an hnakra and its relationship to the hross?
(a) The sea creature who attacked Weston and Devine, the hross hunt hnakra
(b) A type of land animal similar to a leopard
(c) The animal the hross uses to herd their domestic animals
(d) An hnakra is another intelligent creature who act as teachers and nursemaids to the hross' children

3. What does Devine actually go into the kitchen to do?
(a) drug Ransom's drink
(b) see if there's anything in the fridge for dinner
(c) wash the dishes
(d) turn on the coffe pot

4. Why does Ransom becomes depressed as they enter Malacandra's atmosphere?
(a) The light dims and the darker atmosphere depresses him
(b) He believes that his possible death is nearer
(c) He finally believes he'll never see earth again
(d) He feels powerless to help himself

5. When Ransom is on the wall, how does he feel?
(a) Scared and tense
(b) Like laughing at the creatures
(c) As though he is split between the two sides
(d) Faint, as though he is very hungry

6. What does the woman ask of Ransom?
(a) To help her move a sofa
(b) To carry some milk in from the barn
(c) To make sure Harry is sent home safely
(d) To find out how late Harry plans to be

7. What does the shifting gravity do to the ship?
(a) Makes Ransom feel like his bones are breaking
(b) Makes the ship seem smaller
(c) Turns walls into floors and floor into ceilings
(d) Makes the men much heavier

8. Who are the pfifltriggi?
(a) The slaves of the hross
(b) The council of elders under Oyarsa
(c) Another race of people on the planet
(d) Small, dwarf like humanoid creatures who live on the ocean

9. How does Ransom feel when he finds out he is in space?
(a) Happy
(b) Excited
(c) Indifferent
(d) Surprised and shocked.

10. What are the walls made of?
(a) metal
(b) wood
(c) plastic
(d) cloth

11. When Ransom glances at the walls how do they appear?
(a) To be sloping outward
(b) To converge in a peak in the center of the room
(c) To not quite meet the floor
(d) To be circular

12. When he closely examines the walls how do they appear?
(a) They are square
(b) They aren't really there
(c) They have small, raised bumps on them
(d) They are joined seamlessly with the floor

13. What does Ransom do when he sits down for a moment to rest?
(a) He pulls out his knife and digs in the soil
(b) He takes a drink of water
(c) He hides behind a large tree
(d) He relaxes and quickly falls asleep

14. What does Ransom pilfer from the galley?
(a) A cup and saucer
(b) A frying pan
(c) A knife
(d) Seven days rations

15. How does Devine control Ransom when they leave the ship?
(a) Threatens to leave him there with no hope of returning to earth
(b) Handcuffs him
(c) Drugs him so that he is able to walk but only slowly
(d) He holds a revolver on him

Short Answer Questions

1. Ransom strips off his clothes because:

2. As they land, what does Random come to believe about planets?

3. What does Ransom contemplate at the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. The effect of weightlessness is countered by:

5. What does Ransom overhear Devine and Weston discussing?

(see the answer keys)

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